Hockey facilities at Penn State are first class.

Scott Hughes who used to be a Hokie Club employee but is now doing it for Penn State gave me a tour of PSU's facilities couple of years ago. They have 2 huge hockey ice skating arena's with all the bells and whistles. Would be hard for VT to fund such a program.

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Posted: 02/15/2021 at 3:53PM

Will Va Tech Division I Hockey ever be possible? -- MaskedRacer 02/05/2021 8:42PM

VT doesn't need to add sports. It needs to drop some. Right @Hokierit? -- Hokester 02/15/2021 3:44PM

Do we need a sign to live, laugh and love? ** -- Stech 02/09/2021 8:11PM

Show me an NCAA Division 1 program anywhere near Blacksburg -- Tailgate Guru 02/08/2021 11:57AM

FWIW Arizona State also has a DI men's ice hockey program -- VTHokie2000 02/09/2021 10:54PM

I don't consider ASU "south" and it ain't near B'burg -- Tailgate Guru 02/10/2021 3:00PM

I understand, but the -- VTHokie2000 02/10/2021 6:54PM

Fine. Divert another $1m per year from football to sponsor hockey -- Tailgate Guru 02/11/2021 08:05AM

Where did I say that VT should sponsor men's and women's ice hockey? -- VTHokie2000 02/11/2021 09:04AM

IMHO not plausible in these times of declining spectator interest, students -- anotherdamnyankeehokie 02/08/2021 07:49AM

If I had the money I would ** -- VaTechHokiesACC 02/06/2021 11:27PM

Cost prohibitive -- mrcaniac 02/06/2021 2:35PM

Hockey facilities at Penn State are first class. -- Hokester 02/15/2021 3:53PM

And with VT athletic funding issues they would reject -- Mercury 02/09/2021 2:18PM

VT may not have to build a new arena at first if the teams use -- VTHokie2000 02/06/2021 2:53PM

Just one mans' opinion: -- OandM69 02/14/2021 5:37PM

I agree with you under the current NCAA model it doesn't make financial -- VTHokie2000 02/14/2021 8:05PM

Sorry Berglund is very substandard for 2021 standards -- Mercury 02/07/2021 11:31AM

Except it wouldn't be a permanent home though -- VTHokie2000 02/08/2021 12:40PM

Berglund Center could work -- mrcaniac 02/06/2021 4:54PM

Good point. I wasn't sure about the minor league ice hockey situation -- VTHokie2000 02/06/2021 5:00PM

No ice making equipment -- mrcaniac 02/07/2021 9:47PM

Bummer, but that may not be an issue since VT would probably need about -- VTHokie2000 02/08/2021 12:43PM

Salem Civic Center isn't shutting down for a year -- mrcaniac 02/08/2021 8:34PM

Only if people are willing to privately donate the money -- VTHokie2000 02/06/2021 2:13PM

It takes big donations. The Compton family donated for this arena at ND -- TerryD 02/09/2021 09:10AM

Thats the problem VT dont have those type of contributors -- Mercury 02/06/2021 6:33PM

That's how Penn State got hockey (men's and women's) -- Maroon Baboon 02/06/2021 4:36PM

Find any alumni that is willing to give over 100 million -- Mercury 02/06/2021 6:31PM

$100M IIRC -- mrcaniac 02/06/2021 4:58PM

The NHL has a strategy to promote college hockey expansion. -- HOO86 02/06/2021 11:36PM

Given that the Atlantic Hockey and Hockey East (which includes BC) -- VTHokie2000 02/06/2021 5:33PM

I didn't know that was the case about Penn State, but I am not surprised -- VTHokie2000 02/06/2021 4:41PM

The largest private gift in the history of Penn State. -- Maroon Baboon 02/06/2021 4:58PM

I wonder if he shows the Sabres that much love -- VTHokie2000 02/06/2021 5:10PM

No -- MrFantastic! 02/05/2021 10:53PM

Nope. ** -- EDGEMAN 02/05/2021 10:37PM

Hockey facilities at Penn State are first class.

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